Measuring race and nation pediatric anthropometry and child growth charts in the Philippines (1909-2008)

This essay traces the development of pediatric anthropometry in the Philippines. During the American colonial and early postcolonial periods, anthropometric data based on the physical attributes of American children were used to measure the growth of Filipino children. Then from the 1960s to 1980s,...

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Publicado en:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 71, no. 1 (2023), 37-52
Autor principal: Lasco, Gideon
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2023
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